Charitable Salaries:
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snopes.com: Executive Salaries in Charities
Were there a Salvation Army center nearby, we would support with used article donations, as we have had a close-in opportunities to see the good that they do.
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The Salvation Army
Commissioner, Todd Bassett receives a small salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 billion dollar organization.
96 percent of donated dollars go to the cause.
We donate to two local recycle stores, both of which have wide open books that show the accounting and we know exactly where the money goes. Both all volunteer workers, except for the "store" manager who gets a minimal salary.
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RE: Red Cross... it's true that one bad experience should not reflect a permanent attitude toward anything or anybody, and we're trying to remember that, but one memory sticks in our mind.
After Hurricane Andrew, in 2004, two of our dear friends who were Majors in the SA, spent a week working in a sister community that was devastated by the storm, with 65 housing units destroyed. They were there two hours after the hurricane hit and stayed to help, working 16 hours/day. On the third day after the storm at four in the afternoon, a Red Cross truck showed up, along with a camera crew from an Orlando TV station. Side awning swung out, two volunteers appeared inside, a small group of residents were assembled for the video, a dozen coffees handed out, and a half hour later, everything was closed up and the two vehicles disappeared. Evening news featured the event, with a plea for Red cross $$ donations.
Hard to forget...